FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2025Contacts:Amanda Johnston, ajohnston@glad.org, 617-417-7769Malkia Hutchinson, mhutchinson@nclrights.org, 917-975-5920 New Filing Says Secretary Hegseth’s Public Statements and the Talbott Case Make Clear the DC Circuit Must Address Whether the Transgender Military Ban is Based on Hostility or ‘Animus’ Late-night letter brief argues the Supreme Court’s explanation-less order in a different case—that did […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 6, 2025Contacts:Malkia Hutchinson, mhutchinson@nclrights.org, 917-975-5920Amanda Johnston, ajohnston@glad.org, 617-417-7769 Supreme Court Issues Ruling in Shilling Blocking the Preliminary Injunction Protections and Green-lighting Implementation of Trump’s Transgender Military BanRuling paves the way for a purge of highly qualified transgender service members WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Supreme Court of the United States today granted the Trump administration’s […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 1, 2025Contacts:Amanda Johnston, ajohnston@glad.org, 617-417-7769Malkia Hutchinson, mhutchinson@nclrights.org, 917-975-5920 Transgender Servicemembers in Talbott Urge the Supreme Court to Continue to Prevent Implementation of the Transgender Military Ban Brief calls out harm of “unprecedented” and “unAmerican” plan to target transgender servicemembers for immediate discharge; even Trump’s short-lived 2018 ban never resulted in more than […]

April 10, 2025    CONTACT:    Malkia Hutchinson, National Center for Lesbian Rights | 202-734-3548 mhutchinson@nclrights.org    National Center for Lesbian Rights LGBTQ Sports Consultant Helen Carroll Inducted into LGBTQ Sports Hall of Fame The National Center for Lesbian Rights congratulates Helen Carroll on her induction into Sports Equality Foundation’s LGBTQ Sports Hall of Fame. A former NCAA […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2025 Contacts: Amanda Johnston, ajohnston@glad.org, 617-417-7769  Malkia Hutchinson, mhutchinson@nclrights.org, 202-734-3548  Transgender Servicemembers in Talbott Push Back Today Against Another Attempt to Implement Trump’s Military Ban   Lead attorneys for the plaintiffs call the ban an “alarming threat to the trust needed to maximize national security” that would “permanently damage the careers of thousands of […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2025 Contacts:Amanda Johnston, ajohnston@glad.org, 617-417-7769Malkia Hutchinson, mhutchinson@nclrights.org, 202-734-3548 Second Federal Court Blocks Trump’s Transgender Military Ban    Lead attorneys in earlier case Talbott v. Trump respond to the now second nationwide preliminary injunction—this time in the case of Shilling v. Trump WASHINGTON, DC—In Shilling v. Trump today, U.S. District Court […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 26, 2025Contacts: Malkia Hutchinson, mhutchinson@nclrights.org, 917-975-5920Amanda Johnston, ajohnston@glad.org, 617-417-7769 Federal Court Rejects Another Trump Administration Attempt to Implement the Transgender Military Ban and Reinstates Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Lead attorneys for the plaintiffs say military families face a “crushing amount of pressure” and that the motion to dissolve was “nothing more than a […]

For Immediate Release March 24, 2025 ContactAmanda Johnston, ajohnston@glad.orgMalkia Hutchinson, mhutchinson@nclrights.org Federal Court Grants Order Barring Separation Proceedings for Two Transgender ServicemembersDespite serving with distinction in the U.S. Air Force for years Staff Sergeant Nicholas Bear Bade and Master Sergeant Logan Ireland have been pulled from key deployments and placed on administrative absence against their […]

For Immediate Release March 21, 2025 Contact: Amanda Johnston, GLAD Law, ajohnston@glad.org Malkia Hutchinson, NCLR, mhutchinson@nclrights.org  PA Supreme Court Affirms Lesbian Mom’s Parental Status, Providing a Legal Standard to Secure Families Formed Through Assisted Reproduction “A couples’ decision to have a baby together is often profoundly intimate and may not be so easily reduced to […]

At every turn, this administration has betrayed working people and taken away information, opportunity, access, and financial security. Drastically reducing the Department of Education is another example of this. Education is central to eliminating barriers to economic and social opportunities, including providing access to community and healthcare resources and lifting people out of poverty. A […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 18, 2025 Contacts:Amanda Johnston, ajohnston@glad.org, 617-417-7769Malkia Hutchinson, mhutchinson@nclrights.org, 917-975-5920 Federal court blocks implementation of Trump’s transgender military ban in GLAD Law and NCLR case Talbott v. Trump  “The Court’s unambiguous factual findings lay bare how this ban specifically targets and undermines our courageous service members who have committed themselves to defending […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 13,2025 Contacts:Amanda Johnston, ajohnston@glad.org, 617-417-7769Malkia Hutchinson, mhutchinson@nclrights.org, 202-734-3548 Transgender military ban attorneys and plaintiffs in Talbott v. Trump react to yesterday’s hearing to block the ban“The government has nothing to back up the aggressive actions they are already taking to remove people from positions and posts they are serving in across […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   March 6, 2025   CONTACT:   Malkia Hutchinson, National Center for Lesbian Rights | 202-734-3548  mhutchinson@nclrights.org   NCLR Responds to Governor Gavin Newsom’s Comments on Transgender Athletes   NCLR is deeply disappointed by recent comments about transgender student-athletes by Governor Newsom, which appeared designed to pander to the hateful political scapegoating of transgender people rather than […]

For immediate release: February 3, 2025                         Contacts:Amanda Johnston, GLAD Law  | 617-417-7769 | ajohnston@glad.orgMalkia Hutchinson, NCLR | mhutchinson@nclrights.org GLAD Law and NCLR, representing six transgender servicemembers and two individuals seeking to enlist, have asked a D.C. federal court to block enforcement of Trump’s transgender military ban while their case against it, Talbott v. Trump, proceeds […]

NCLR, GLAD Law, Brown Goldstein & Levy LLP and Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP represent three transgender women in a case challenging a federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy directed by President Trump which would override Prison Rape Elimination Act protections for vulnerable populations, including transgender women, and would terminate all medical care for […]

For immediate release:  January 28, 2025                          Contacts: Amanda Johnston, GLAD Law  | 617-417-7769 | ajohnston@glad.org  Malkia Hutchinson, NCLR | mhutchinson@nclrights.org    GLAD Law and NCLR File Challenge to Trump’s Transgender Military Ban  Plaintiffs bring decades of experience across all military branches, contributing among the highest levels of service  WASHINGTON, D.C.— The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and […]

The executive orders issued today attempt to remove established legal protections for transgender individuals, refugees, asylum seekers, and other immigrants. These orders are both illegal and fundamentally opposed to our democratic values. The president’s authority does not extend to unilaterally canceling existing nondiscrimination protections for transgender people, many of which have been established for decades. […]

January 15, 2025  Contact Malkia Hutchinson, National Center for Lesbian Rights | 202-734-3548 | mhutchinson@nclrights.org   National Center for Lesbian Rights Condemns House Passage of Transgender Sports Ban  Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 218-206 in support of H.R.28, a federal bill that would ban all transgender girls and women from participation in school sports.  Imani […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 15, 2025 CONTACTSAmanda Johnston, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders  | 617-417-7769 | ajohnston@glad.org Aryn Fields, Human Rights Campaign Foundation | aryn.fields@hrc.org  Nancy Kinnally, Southern Legal Counsel | nancy@therelatablegroup.com  Malkia Hutchinson, National Center for Lesbian Rights | mhutchinson@nclrights.org  Ivette Delgado, Lowenstein Sandler | ivette.delgado@infiniteglobal.com                                                                         Camila Rios, Jenner and Block LLP | crios@jenner.com  […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 4, 2024                                                                        MEDIA CONTACTS ACLU of Kentucky: Angela Cooper, angela@aclu-ky.org, 502-759-2171 National Center for Lesbian Rights:  Malkia Hutchinson, […]